This evening’s sunset was particularly spectacular. So I made a panorama to showcase its beauty. Just as I was about to upload the photo, I looked over my shoulder and saw an even more gorgeous range of colors, so I had to take more photos and make another panorama. Enjoy!

How lovely is that?

I love the yellow and blue together like that.

This formation to the south drew my eye.

This is when I went to stitch together the above panorama, and when I had to stop because of the colors below.

Look at that!

Wide angle.

This silhouetted figure on the horizon reminded me of a particular pear-shaped, rope-armed figure I’ve seen somewhere.

Vertical shot.

I love that color!

I took each shot in this panorama vertically and then stitched them together horizontally. Unaccustomed to this method, I was unable to keep the camera level, and hence the empty spaces in the stitching.

For some reason, we have really nice sunsets this time of year. Plus, I become more aware of them because, around 18:00, my computer monitor gets bathed in gold light. The rest of the year the light from the sunset is blocked, by another part of the building, from entering my office window. These are […]

Again, sgazzetti, you turn out to be a wise cat, someone to study and learn from. Here I was thinking I was breaking new ground with the whole portraint pano idea…

Paul, it’s actually “buenas noches”. How could something as mysterious as the night not be feminine? 🙂

You’ve just reminded me of Grandpa Ramón (which is a huge compliment, btw). He’s always saying “Hay un refrán que dice…” and then he spits out some rhyme that either seems like an obvious tautology or a scientifically dubious statement that has held true enough times to get repeated (such as yours). Normally there’s some abnormal word, as there often are in rhyming statements, that I don’t understand, so I just nod and pretend liked I’ve committed his wisdom to memory. But really…he’s got a refrán for everything.

Say you can’t find your keys or something. He’ll say something like, “You know what they say! ‘He who can’t find his keys can’t do as he pleases!'” That’s a horrible example, but it represents the idea. It’s pretty cute and a shame that someone doesn’t write them all down.

Just to add a single outlying data point to the wisdom heap, the day after I took these photos was dark, gray, and rainy all day long. I’m not a sailor or a shepherd, so I don’t know if they find that delightful or not…but I’m guessing not.

Mmm! I love me some shepherd’s pie. I have a shepherd’s-pie-ish recipe that I make. I might have to share it here one day.